Re: origin of the sher

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

In Dvora Lapson's version of the Sher, it is done the way Josl says:
a man and a woman exchange places resulting in 2 men and 2 women as new 
partners.  They turn with their new partner and then return to their 
original (the spouse) and turn again.  This process is repeated with the 
remaining 2  couples.  There is no touching of anyone of the opposite sex 
other than the spouse.
Helen

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>In the versions of the Sher that I know, you give two hands to your
>opposite and do a two hand turn, so you would still be touching someone of
>the opposite sex.
>
>How does your version of the Sher go?
>
>Jacob Bloom
>
> >Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:19:05 -0400
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >From: Joe Kurland <ganeydn (at) crocker(dot)com>
> >Subject: Re: origin of the sher
> >
> >What I learned (sorry I don't have an authoritative source for this
> >information) is that the Sher was developed by rabbis as a kosher
> >alternative to popular square dances.  Whereas square dances involve a 
>lot
> >of dancing with people of the opposite sex who are not your partner, the
> >sher is so arranged that when married couples dance it, each person 
>dances
> >and touches hands only with his or her spouse, or with people of the same
> >sex.  This is accomplished by having head couples have man on left and
> >woman on right and while side couples have man on right and woman on the
> >left.  Thus, your corner is always the same sex as you.  While the very
> >religious might find even this unacceptably immodest, the practical 
>rabbis
> >who wanted to make an accomodation to modernity and popular culture and
> >keep their flock in a Jewish social scene invented a popular and enduring
> >diversion.
>
>
>

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